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TIL that autopilot was first invented in 1912

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4W8b TIL during WW2, Krystyna Skarbek became a British spy and smuggled intelligence reports and anti-tanks guns from Hungary to the Allies. When she was arrested by Gestapo, she bit her tongue hard enough to bleed and convinced them she had tuberculosis, which made them release her.
x6Opw TIL Alex the Parrot is the only animal ever documented asking a question, and it was an existential one
Q1dL TIL Algeria’s national anthem was first written in blood inside a prison cell wall by an Algerian revolutionary while imprisoned by the French colonial regime.
rR7vw TIL that psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and the psychedelic effects that go with them may have been one reason that caused the rapid evolution of humans from early apes.
Z1dR TIL in the early ‘80s (before the HIV epidemic), there was a popular brand of appetite suppressant candy called “Ayd’s”. Their unfortunate marketing slogan? “Lose weight with Ayd’s!!”.